Monday, August 3, 2009

Qinghai blocks pulmonary plague area

Qinghai Province Hainan state Xinghai County confirms the eruption pulmonary plague, yesterday as soon as increased dies after accumulating three people died, the local quarantine area has been blocked, nine infected people remained in the hospital the treatment. The local medical care personnel disclosed that this bubonic plague's cause of disease or comes from dog, the first patient in raises the dog only to die a violent death sequela, afterward has other villagers to infect.
The Xinghai County People's Hospital's personnel disclosed: after “the first patient family's dog died suddenly, he buries the dog the second day of morbidity, the fourth day died. several relatives who (for patient) makes funeral arrangements also infected, (after making funeral arrangements), the third day is taken bad, afterward sends to hospital.”
It is reported that the patient once had has a fever, the cough, to spit blood and so on symptoms.
WHO can maintain contacting with China Medical department. In addition the Hong Kong tourism indicated that Hong Kong's Qinghai group embarks as usual, not epidemic situation influence.

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